In a remarkable attack on a political opponent, President Trump on Wednesday revoked the security clearance of John O. Brennan, the former C.I.A. director under President Barack Obama, citing what he called Mr. Brennan’s “erratic”… Read More
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Media boost security as Trump ramps up ‘enemy’ rhetoric
Notebooks, mics, cameras, hairspray — those are all things TV reporters are used to having with them at political rallies. Now, in the age of President Donald Trump, they’ve added another: security guards. The networks… Read More
Bill Nelson: The Russians have penetrated some Florida voter registration systems
Russian operatives have “penetrated” some of Florida’s voter registration systems ahead of the 2018 midterms, U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson said Wednesday, adding new urgency to concerns about hacking. The state, however, said it has received… Read More
Democrats are the patriot party
by Brent Budowsky Democrats are united as the patriot party, seizing the high ground and a powerful advantage throughout the nation, as the free world watched in horror when a Republican president appeared weak and… Read More
Where Trump Sees Foreign Danger
by Robert Reich What’s the most worrisome foreign intrusion into the United States – unauthorized immigrants, Chinese imports, or interference in our democracy? For Trump, it’s immigrants and imports. He doesn’t care much about the… Read More
Trump just made 2 problematic admissions about the Trump Tower meeting
President Trump has yet again tweeted about his personal legal issues in a way he perhaps shouldn’t have. The Washington Post reported Saturday that Trump had expressed concerns in the past week about his son Donald Trump… Read More
In midterm disaster, Fredo Corleone Republicans back Trump on Russia
by Brent Budowsky As investigations and scandals surrounding Trump Republicans in Congress may well doom the GOP in midterm elections, American politics increasingly resembles what a fourth Godfather film would look like. Perhaps the great actor Marlon… Read More
Biographer David Cay Johnston reveals that Russia has amassed a 30-year trove of compromising dirt on Trump
Donald Trump has been a shady businessman who was entangled with Russians for 30 years, Pulitzer-winning journalist David Cay Johnston said on CNN Tuesday. Johnston has been following Trump’s financial dealings for many years, and… Read More